On January 6, Beijing time, the 19th round of the CBA regular season, Guangsha team successfully avenged with a 118-84 victory over Shenzhen team, and temporarily ranked second in the league with 16 wins and 3 losses, second only to Liaoning team with 16 wins and 2 losses. With the continuous victory of strong opponents and big victories, Guangsha team has also become a spoiler that cannot be ignored this season' championship.
In the first meeting with shenzhen team in 10 days, it was a pity that Guangsha team lost. In the game, they led by double digits several times, including in the first half of the final quarter. Although the Shenzhen team fought back madly, but the last half of the game was less than 26 seconds, the Guangsha team, which was one point ahead, still had the ball, as long as it controlled the ball steadily, the Guangsha team had a great chance to win. However, in the last moment, the Guangsha team itself had a passing error, coupled with their desperate rescue, which contributed to the counterattack of the Shenzhen team, and the Guangsha team was killed at the last moment and lost by one point.
Now that we are fighting in Shenzhen again, Guangsha is holding its breath to win back. Just in the first quarter of the game, the Guangsha team let the Shenzhen team see their horror. Relying on the firepower of all the people, the Guangsha team only scored 37 points after the first quarter, and won a net victory of 19 points in a single quarter, and the Shenzhen team had almost no ability to fight back. It is a fact that the Shenzhen team has a huge impact on both ends of the local core Shen Zijie's attack and defense, but it is also a fact that the lack of Shenzhen team should also have a good strength, not to mention that they faced The last time they faced Liaoning round hughed the two main forces of Booker and Gu Quan, this game should be more energetic. But in the first quarter of the fight, the state of the Guangsha team was not a little bit better. It can even be said that the first quarter of the Guangsha team has already laid the trend of the game.
With the first half of the lead of 21 points, Guangsha team also let the game lose suspense early, they did not do their best, the main players played lightly, after the big score lead, Guangsha team also replaced the main force early, for the next game with Beijing team in advance to prepare for the next game with Beijing team. After this big victory, the Guangsha team once again showed their strength that should not be underestimated.
In the first stage of the regular season, Guangsha performed well, ranking fourth in the league with 11 wins and 2 losses, and the only two defeats were lost to Liaoning. However, due to the fact that most of the teams in the first stage of the CBA generally have no foreign aid, and the guangsha team's schedule is relatively relaxed, so what is the strength of the guangsha team? No one has a definitive answer. Not to mention that they lost to Liaoning in the only two strong dialogues, and they still lack the strength to fight against the top teams.
But until now, the second stage of the regular season has been played, and the Guangsha team has proved with performance that they are absolutely not to be underestimated. From the 12-point victory over Guangdong in its debut to the defeat of Beijing, to the light victory over Tianjin, Fujian and now the victory over Shenzhen, Guangsha has shown its strength with real records. If it were not for the carelessness in the last moment of the last confrontation with Shenzhen, Guangsha would even maintain a total winning record until now, and about half of these matches obviously have gold content.
It must be admitted that Guangsha's previous performance has ups and downs, and when the first three games of the second stage have faced Guangdong, Shenzhen and Beijing, they have all been chased by their opponents in the second half. But in addition to being killed by Shenzhen, they eventually took Guangdong and Beijing. Moreover, Guangsha is far inferior to these three opponents from the perspective of foreign aid configuration. The ability and fame of Guangdong foreign aid Weems need not be repeated, Shenzhen foreign aid Booker and Salinger two personal ability is good, Beijing currently uses Jeremy Lin and Gibson also belong to the CBA well-known foreign aid, but Guangsha only in the second stage to quickly introduce the unknown, personal career resume of Jarod Jones. However, it is precisely by relying on such a foreign aid configuration that Guangsha has stabilized the ranking and record, which is really not easy.
The key to Guangsha's outstanding performance is their defense. This team with a slightly limited internal rotation, but a team with good outside depth, lost only 90.1 points per game in the first stage of the regular season, ranking third in the league, behind Beijing and Zhejiang. In the second stage, although most of the teams have foreign aid and the strength of the opponents has generally improved, the Guangsha team still does a good job on the defensive end. At present, Guangsha only let the opponent score 89.2 points per game in the second stage and rank second in the league, and they and Beijing have become the only two teams in the second stage so far that they have lost less than 90 points per game, which is enough to show the strength of Guangsha's defense. Only letting Guangdong score 86 points and only letting Beijing score 91 points is a direct reflection of their defensive ability, you know, Guangdong can average 101.3 points per game in the second stage, and Beijing team averages 105.2 points per game.
The icing on the cake is that the performance of Guangsha foreign aid Jones far exceeded expectations. After scoring 32 points in the second game with Shenzhen, Jones can average 18.7 points and 8 rebounds per game this season, shooting 51% from three-point range (averaging 3.5 three-pointers per game), which is his performance in the average 27.5 minutes per game, which is evident in the efficiency. With him, Guangsha's attack had a lot more support and became richer.
It is worth mentioning that Guangsha is reported to have signed the former NBA insider Okafor, and Okafor has arrived in China a few days ago to start entry quarantine. Although the 2015 tanhua has no foothold in the NBA in recent years, the 26-year-old came to the CBA and still has the opportunity to show solid basketball technology and good deterrence, at least on the offensive end, Okafor can bring more help to Guangsha, further enhance the team's interior and bench depth, and the interior attack is exactly where Guangsha is currently in short supply. Even if it is unable to catch up with the second stage of the regular season, Okafor can help Guangsha in the final sprint stage of the third stage, which is another supplement to Guangsha.
Since reaching the finals for the first time in the 2017-18 season (losing to Liaoning), Guangsha's performance in the playoffs has been average. In the 2018-19 season, the 2019-20 season and the last season, Guangsha stopped in the quarter-finals, the 12-in-8 play-off and the quarter-finals respectively. The continuous release of the main force and the unsatisfactory replenishment of foreign aid in recent years have greatly affected the achievements of Guangsha. Now, the re-started Guangsha has once again shown its competitiveness, and they will continue to improve, and they also have the opportunity to play the role of champions.